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Displays: Characteristics and Types

Displays and printers are output devices that visually convey information. Displays use a screen to present soft copy output, characterized by resolution, response time, brightness, and contrast ratio. There are two main types of printers: impact printers that physically contact the paper, and non-impact printers like inkjet and laser printers that form characters without contact through spraying or melting ink or toner. Non-impact printers also include photo, all-in-one, 3D, thermal, mobile, label, and large-format printers.

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Displays: Characteristics and Types

Displays and printers are output devices that visually convey information. Displays use a screen to present soft copy output, characterized by resolution, response time, brightness, and contrast ratio. There are two main types of printers: impact printers that physically contact the paper, and non-impact printers like inkjet and laser printers that form characters without contact through spraying or melting ink or toner. Non-impact printers also include photo, all-in-one, 3D, thermal, mobile, label, and large-format printers.

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Displays

Characteristics and Types


OBJECTIVES:
To explain the characteristics of various displays.

To summarize the various types of printers.


Display
Is an output device that visually conveys text, graphics, and video
information.

Consists of a screen and the components that produce the information


on the screen.

The information presented in the display is called soft copy.


Variety of Display
Characteristics
Resolution - number of horizontal and vertical pixels in a display.

Response time - time in milliseconds that it takes to turn a pixel on or off.

Brightness - measured in nits.

Dot Pitch - distance in millimeters between pixel on a display.

Contrast Ratio - difference in light intensity between the brightest white


and darkest black that can be produced on a display.
Printers
Output device that produces text and graphics on a physical medium.

Printed information, the printout, is called hard copy.


Types of Printer
Nonimpact Printers - forms
characters and graphics on a piece
of paper without contacting the
paper.

Impact Printers - forms characters


and graphics on a piece of paper by
striking a mechanism against an
inked ribbon that physically
contacts the paper.
Nonimpact Printers
Ink-Jet Printers

- Forms characters and graphics by


spraying tiny drops of liquid ink
onto a piece of paper.
Nonimpact Printers
Photo Printers

- Color printer that produces lab-


quality photos
Nonimpact Printers
Laser Printers

- High-speed, high-quality,
nonimpact printer.
Nonimpact Printers
All-in-One Printers

- Also called multifunction printer


(MFP), is a single device that looks
like a printer or a copy machine
but provides functionality of a
printer, scanner, copy machine,
and perhaps a fax machine.
Nonimpact Printers
3-D Printers

- Uses a process called additive


manufacturing to create an object
by adding material to a three-
dimensional object, one
horizontal layer at a time.
Nonimpact Printers
Thermal Printers

- Generates images by pushing


electrically heated pins against
heat-sensitive paper.
Nonimpact Printers
Mobile Printers

- Is a small, lightweight, battery-


powered printer that allows a
mobile user to print from a
laptop, smartphone, or other
mobile device while traveling.
Nonimpact Printers
Label Printers

- A small printer that prints on an


adhesive-type material that can
be placed on a variety of items
such as envelopes, packages,
optical discs, photos, and file
folders.
Nonimpact Printers
Plotters and Large-Format Printers

- Sophisticated printers used to


produce high-quality drawings
such as blueprints, maps, and
circuit diagrams.

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